Guide to the Lipinsky Institute for Judaic Studies Collection
1966/2006

Special Collections & University Archives

Overview of the Collection

Collection Title: Lipinsky Institute for Judaic Studies Collection

Dates: 1966-2006

Bulk Dates: 1985-2006

Identification: MS-0390

Creator:
Lipinsky Institute for Judaic Studies

Physical Description: 7.50 linear ft

Language of Materials:
English

Repository:
Special Collections & University Archives

5500 Campanile Dr. MC 8050

San Diego, CA, 92182-8050

URL: http://library.sdsu.edu/scua

Email: scref@rohan.sdsu.edu

Phone: 619-594-6791

Note:

Other Information:

Since 2007, the Jewish Historical Society of San Diego has transferred numerous collections to Special Collections and University
Archives. Click the link below to view other materials from the Jewish Historical Society of San Diego.

Additional information may be found at http://scua2.sdsu.edu/archon/index.php?p=core/search&q=%22jewish+historical+society+of+san+diego%22&content=1

Historical Note:

In 1984, SDSU faculty members, administration and members of the San Diego community joined together to coordinate and support
teaching and research in Judaic studies with the establishment of the Lipinsky Institute for Judaic Studies (LIJS) at San
Diego State University. The focus of the Institute was to provide an organizational vehicle for the Jewish Studies Program
at SDSU while providing an emphasis in Modern Jewish History and contemporary Jewish and Israeli affairs. The conceptual design
of the Institute required course work to be developed and expanded for SDSU students and for the Institute to provide seminars,
colloquia, and resource people to the community for up-to-date information regarding historical perspectives and Israeli current
events.

The founding by-laws for the LIJS state the Institute's purpose is to promote the aims of and to provide faculty governance
for Judaic Studies at San Diego State University by providing financial support for an exchange program for visiting professors
in contemporary Israeli affairs; endowment of instruction in modern Jewish history; endowment of administration for the LIJS;
annual symposia in Judaica and in contemporary Israeli affairs; and development of library and other resources in Judaica,
the fostering of research, and the conduct of such other activities as will promote the advancement of Judaic Studies in the
University and the San Diego community.

The organizational features of the LIJS provided for an Executive Committee, comprised of a Director for the Institute, who
served as Chair of the Executive Committee, the Chair of the Jewish Studies Committee, Chairs of the History Department and
the Religious Studies Department, the Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Letters, and at least 3 faculty members appointed
biennially by the Dean of the College of Arts and Letters. The duties of the Executive Committee involved conducting the ongoing
business of the LIJS and the Jewish Studies Committee (full-time faculty members who taught and researched in Jewish Studies
related topics), especially with regard to recruitment of faculty, staffing and scheduling of courses, and arranging for other
program activities, including special events. Sub-committees were appointed as the need dictated.

Access Terms

This collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

Dr. Lawrence Baron donated this collection to the Jewish Historical Society of San Diego November 1, 1999 (JHSSD #1999.03.)
It was transferred to the Library and Information Access November 29, 2007.

Conditions Governing Use:

The copyright interests in the materials found in this collection have been transferred to San Diego State University. Special
Collections and University Archives can only grant permission to publish materials for which it is the copyright holder.
For further information, please consult the section on copyright in the rules for using the collections, or contact the United
States Copyright Office at (202) 707-3000 or http://www.copyright.gov.

Conditions Governing Access:

This collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation:

Identification of item, folder title, box number, Lipinsky Institute for Judaic Studies Collection, Special Collections and
University Archives, Library and Information Access, San Diego State University.

Scope and Contents

The contents of the
Lipinsky Institute for Judaic Studies Collection reflects financial, educational, and organizational matters that the LIJS handled over the course of its operational years
1985 – 2006, along with documents of the Jewish Studies Program at SDSU from as early as 1966, pre-dating the organization
of the Lipinsky Institute in 1985. Several interim directors of the LIJS were named before Dr. Lawrence Baron was appointed
as the Nasatir Endowed Chair in Modern Jewish Studies, and Director of the Lipinsky Institute for Judaic Studies at San Diego
State University in 1988. The collection consists primarily of paper records, including correspondence, newspaper articles,
and photographs, generated over the twenty year history of the LIJS at SDSU, as well as those years at which a Jewish Studies
Program existed at SDSU, predating the foundation of the LIJS. The materials in this collection have been loosely chronologically
organized.

Dr. Lawrence Baron donated this collection to the Jewish Historical Society of San Diego November 1, 1999 (JHSSD #1999.03.)
It was transferred to the Library and Information Access November 29, 2007.